Aeroplan is on a tear right and are showing Air Canada they don’t need the airline or the Star Alliance to succeed. Last week they rejected the bid for Air Canada et al to buy Aeroplan and added Porter Airlines as a preferred airline partner. Now today it has been announced that Air Transat will […]
Month: August 2018
Hilton Honors extends global double points promotion to September 9, 2018
Hilton Honors has decided to provide a small extension to their global double points promotion. Originally advertised as ending on August 31 the promotion has now been extended to September 9. Offer details: Earn Double Points on all Hilton family of hotels stays Worldwide. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Until Sep […]
Aeroplan rejects Air Canada’s bid, partners with Porter Airlines and is in talks with oneworld
Yesterday was the deadline for Aimia (the parent company of Aeroplan) to make a decision on the proposed takeover of Aeroplan by Air Canada, CIBC, TD & Visa. For the most part of the day it was quiet on the front of whether the bid would be accepted or rejected by Aimia. We finally […]
August 2 Update: Emirates and Etihad adding more flights between YYZ & U.A.E., World of Hyatt partners with SLH Hotels and more!
On July 27th the Government of Canada announced expanded air agreements with Egypt and United Arab Emirates. Airlines can now fly up to 7x per week between Canada and Egypt and flights to/from UAE can be increased by 68%. It didn’t take long for both major UAE airlines to take advantage of this news. Emirates […]
AIR MILES: Earn 50 Free Reward Miles with Samsung Pay + up to 25 miles per week for using Samsung Pay
AIR MILES has partnered with Samsung Canada to offering AIR MILES with their Samsung Pay option. The thing is you don’t actually have to pay for a purchase with Samsung Pay, you just have to show your AIR MILES card from your Samsung Pay wallet when shopping at an AIR MILES sponsor! With this offer […]
30% Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you convert hotel loyalty program points until August 20
We see the return of another Aeroplan conversion bonus! Last seen in Spring, the hotel only transfer bonus is back and this time it’s back up to the 30% level which is still lower than the flat 35% seen in July 2017. You have the make sure that you transfer enough hotel points to earn […]
Negative changes coming to the popular MBNA Rewards World Elite Mastercard
Still on the catch up tip here with past news. Late last week one of our followers on Twitter (thanks @taftmorgan) alerted us to changes that are coming to the MBNA Rewards World Elite Mastercard. This was following by a bunch of emails from our readers (thank you David, Doug, Michael and others!) and several […]